Conformity assessment is also a kind of appraisal assessment, and it is a national recognition system for the conditions for running schools and other educational institutions and the quality of basic education, which is organized and implemented by the educational administrative departments at all levels that examine and approve schools and other educational institutions.

The evaluation of running a school is a regular comprehensive evaluation organized and implemented by the education administrative department for different types of schools and other educational institutions according to the tasks and objectives set by the state.

Selection and evaluation are selection activities in schools and other educational institutions. Its purpose is to reward units and individuals with outstanding achievements, select the best, promote competition and improve the level by publishing the evaluation results on the basis of school-running level evaluation.

The main function of educational evaluation is to accurately understand the actual situation of educational activities by systematically collecting information from schools and other educational institutions according to certain educational goals and standards.